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  • 1 исполнять приказания

    Makarov: answer orders, (чьи-л.) do bidding

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > исполнять приказания

  • 2 на лету

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    1) (в полёте; завершив полёт) in mid-flight; flying; on the wing; in the air

    Мой накомарник намок и налепливался на шею, как пластырь. Этот ситцевый скафандр комары прошивали с лёту и несметной тучей вились надо мной, не отставая. (Б. Можаев, Трое) — My mosquito veil got soaked and stuck to my neck like a piece of plaster. The mosquitoes penetrated my cotton diving suit in mid-flight and hovered constantly above me in a myriad-strong cloud.

    2) (сразу же, немедленно; чётко (об исполнении чего-либо)) at once; immediately, right away; promptly; like clockwork

    Команда опять с лёту начала выполнять приказания, механики умудрялись за одну ночь производить переборку машин. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — The crew again obeyed orders like clockwork, and the engine-room staff overhauled the engines in the course of one night.

    3) (наскоро, мимоходом) hastily; in passing; by the way

    Я когда-то на лету рассказывал тебе ответ мой М. А. Нарышкиной. (Д. Давыдов, Письмо А. С. Пушкину, 4 апр. 1834) — Once I told you, in passing, about my answer to M. A. Naryshkina.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на лету

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